Washing-machine.



J. A. SCHLEHR.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man ocr. so. 191e.

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@Mo/mam PatentdFeb. 5, 1918;

JOSEPH .ANTHONY SCHLEHR, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented llFeb.. 5, 11d..

Application led October 30, 1916. Serial No. 128,537.

v citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines;

and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the` same.

This invention relates to improvements in washing machines of the pounder type.

rlhe main object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character the pounder of which is sovconstrueted as to force thewater through the clothes into the pounder and to eject it therefrom in the form of a spray.

AnotherI object is to so construct and mount the pounder operating lever that the pounder maybe positioned in any part of the tub during the operation of the machine.

Another objectis to so mount thepounder actuating lever that proper leverage may be obtained for manipulating the pounder and yet sufficient strength be aiforded to withstand al1 strains to which `1t may be subjected.

VWith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novelvfeatures Vot' construction. and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a tub with this improved machine applied and shown partly in side elevation and partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through the connection of the pounder with the operatng lever. the remainder of the pounder being shown in side elevation.

ln the'ernbodiment illustrated, the machine or apparatus constituting 1this invention is shown applied to an ordinary wash tub '.ll and comprises a tub engaging member in the form of an upright or standard l having its lower end bifurcated and the furcations 2 thereof straddling the edge of the tub and removably clamped thereto by 'thumb screws 3. This standard 1 projects any suitable or desired distance above the upper edge of the tub and has a pintle d projecting upwardly therefrom on which an arm 5 is mounted to swing in a horizontal plane. j y

The arm 5 is curved longitudinally upward with a bearing 6 at one end pivotally engaged With the pintle 4l andv having a pintle 7 projecting upwardly from its free end.

y so curving` and mounting this arm 5 its free pintle carrying end will be positioned some distance above the upper edge of the tub and will extend laterally thereover, its pivotal connection with the standard. l adapting it to be swung to any desired point over the tub.

A pounder or plunger actuating lever 8 is mounted on the larm 5 having a hinged connectiontherewith which permits it to swing laterally and vertically. rlhe connection or hinge for this lever 8 comprises a bearing 9 adapted to be engaged with the pintle 7 to swing' in a horizontal plane and is provided `with laterally extending laterally spaced apertured ears l0 between which one end of the lever 8 is mounted and pivotally connected therewith to swing in a vertical plane. This lever 8 is composed of metal and is provided at its outer end with a socket ll in which is mounted a wooden handle 12 although obviouslv it may be made as a unitary structure if found desirable. rl`he lever 8 is provided intermediatelyof its ends with a boss lhaving a bore extending vertically therethrough with the side walls thereof flared at its opposite ends as shown at 14 and 15 for a purpose to be described. A coiled spring 16 is secured at one end to the boss 13 and at its other end to the arm 5 and exerts its tension to normally hold the lever in lowered position and to return it to such position after it has been raised. rl`his spring also operates to return lever 8 to normal position after it has been turned laterally on pivot 7.

Carried by the lever 8 is a pounder constructed in the form of a hollow bell-shaped member 17 having its lower end closed by a foraminous plate 18 and with the side walls thereof provided adjacent its lower edge With a series of apertures 19 preferably arranged in peripheral alinement and which are designed to act as a spray as will be presently described. rl`he upper end of the bell-shaped member 17 which is composed of any suitable sheet metal has a horizontally disposed reinforcing partition 20 through which extends a shank receiving socket 21 which is shown with its lower edge j, which extend ltransversely therethrough and are designed Vfor adjustably connecting the pounderwith the lever 8 as will now be de- I scribed. Thisshank or handle 22 is inserted Y' in the bore of the boss 13 of said lever and is pivotally lconnected therewith by means of athumb screw 24 which extends transversely kthrough the bore'between the iiared ends thereof and is designed to pass through one f of the apertures 23 in the shank 22 and thereby pivotally connect said shank with the lever, ,the flared ends of which permit a jrocking movement of the shankvin order that the latter may'be'retained in a vertical position regardless of the position or inclination .of the actuating lever. The proi 4vision of the apertures23 in the shank 22 `provides ,forthe adjustable connection of f said shank with the lever.

Fromv the above description it will be obvious that by providing the two pivoted connections at l and 7 the pounder may be readily operated in any portion of the tub as the actuating lever S has a wide range of lateral Vandyvertical movement so that the pounder may be carried toward or from the center of the tub as desired.

Th'econstruction of the bell-shaped member 17 of the pounder with the perforated bottom causesthe water in the tub, when i sa-idpounder is brought into forcible 'engagement with the' clothes contained therein,

vto pass through theclothes up into the bell- ,shapedV member 17 and to be discharged v through fthe peripheral openings 19 `in the `melnber 17 the air therein is compressed and operates to force the water out through the vapertures 19 in the lower end of the inember 17.

ItV will thus be understood that in the with the clothes contained in the tub and the water will be forced up into the member 17 and out through the apertures 19 in the v manner above described. The operator may,

as stated above, position the pounder at any deslred point within the tub so that all the .clothes contained therein will be subjected to the washing operation.

I claim as my invention:

A clothes washing` machine comprising a tub, a horizontally swinging arm mounted on said tub and directed laterally and upwardly, a bearing mounted on the free end of said arm for horizontal turning, a lever fulcrumed at its front end to said bearing for vertical swinging, a clothes pounder having` a vertical staff pivoted to said lever, and a coiled springv connected at one end to said lever, adjacent the pivotal connection of said staff, the other end of said spring being anchored to said arm in substantially vertical alinement with said bearing, but below the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH ANTHONY SCI-ILEHR.

Witnesses:

ROBERT WV. SANDERSON, D. J. ODoNovAN.

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